Well, they did it.
I wasn’t sure they were going to be able to given the stubbornness of Joe Biden, and even more than that, Jill Biden.
But once Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Barack Obama were working on the matter, it was likely only a matter of time and working out the “deal” behind the scenes. The donors pulling out was the real kiss of death for his campaign. That’s the other thing I’d really like to know — did they offer a sweetener to get him out, or was it just threats to embarrass him that made him come to the decision?
Interestingly, his letter announcing the decision praised Kamala Harris but did not endorse her. But then he posted a subsequent tweet indicating his support. That must have been a bitter pill for Jill. Some joked, did he know he was endorsing Kamala since that was in the letter? And it’s ridiculous that it comes through a letter, given his last live comments were all about how he wanted to stay in. It’s all beyond squirrelly.
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But the biggest thing about this, as many noted, is that this is the true attack on “democracy.” They had 14 million people vote in the primary. The elites were then all behind Biden despite the fact that he had all these problems with coherence already. They suddenly decided after the disastrous debate that they wanted to push him out the door because they thought he was going to lose. That isn’t the way our system is supposed to work; this would just be shoving the 14 million votes to the side to have the political elites foist a candidate on us at their convention in August — and it might not even be Kamala. They don’t care about what the voters think or that they previously rejected Kamala in 2020 as a choice for president. If they had cared about his condition they wouldn’t have put him forward to begin with, they’re only doing it now because they’d lose.
They covered all this up and didn’t tell the public, even attacking people who exposed it with accusations of “cheap fakes.”
Can we call it a coup or an insurrection? Because it’s sure going against the vote of the people, as many, including Elon Musk, noted.
Exactly https://t.co/uJgJtacMZW
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 21, 2024
Watch the media – notice who doesn’t even care that the elites just tossed out an election.
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) July 21, 2024
There’s nothing democratic about the democrat party.
Millions of voters chose President Biden as their nominee
& democrats are more concerned about power than anything else.
This is just like 2016 when democrats rigged the election against Bernie.
Voters don’t matter to them. https://t.co/i5QstTVIn4
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) July 21, 2024
Some noted what a danger this truly was to our system. So much for the norms; once again, they don’t apply to Democrats.
Nancy Pelosi may have just destroyed the primary system. Why go through the trouble of primaries when you can wait until summer to choose your nominee?
— Matthew Continetti (@continetti) July 21, 2024
This is what I’ve been wondering. Why would parties and voters ever do that again if we’re just gonna do-over when needed? https://t.co/DO56LN6r11
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) July 21, 2024
This is a real attack on “democracy.”
Anyone still arguing Trump is a threat to democracy is a joke. Democrats just wiped out their entire primary system to replace their candidate with roughly 3,000 party elites voting. The will of their primary voters didn’t matter at all. They staged an actual insurrection.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 21, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris will now be in the awkward position of leading the ticket to “defend democracy” after being made the nominee through succession by defenestration.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 21, 2024
Meanwhile, at his rally last night, former President Donald Trump spoke about how insane their claim was that he was a “threat to democracy.” Indeed, he noted Trump took a “bullet for democracy” from someone who, I think it’s safe to say, didn’t want him in the race.
“Threat to democracy? Last week, I took a bullet for democracy.” – DJT
There it is. The quote of the campaign. pic.twitter.com/OiXHt12Z67
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 20, 2024
At this moment, with all the machinations that have just gone down, we see ever more clearly who the real “threat” to the constitutional Republic is.
Hint? It isn’t Trump.
